Opening ceremonies are taking place at this hour in Belize City for the first Black Summit. Organised by the UBAD Educational Foundation and the World Garifuna Organization, over three hundred people have signed up for the weekend event, which has as its primary goal to assess the current state of Afro-Belizeans and suggest ways of […]
Busts for crack cocaine are usually measured in grams, but police in Dangriga seem to have found a mother lode of the life destroying rocks. On Thursday they searched a home on Sabal Street and found thirteen parcels of the drug. Back at the station, the haul weighed in at one point three kilograms or […]
A late night Belize City robbery has one businesswoman a grand short and the perpetrators living large for the weekend. Reports are that around eleven on Thursday night two armed men walked into an establishment owned by Yu Qiong Liu on Cemetery Road and demanded she give them money. Yu complied, and handed over one […]
Unlike many delegations, Belize did not have to go far to attend the fifth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, now underway in Cancun. As with virtually all previous meetings, the Cancun gathering attracted its share of protesters, but inside the conference hall, it was internal conflict that has prevented substantial progress toward new […]
With no shortage of things to do this weekend organizers everywhere are pitching hard for a crowd. But the men and women behind this year’s Expo Belize aren’t worried. According to officials of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry, they’ve got a hundred and ten booths set up, albeit in various stages this afternoon, […]
In recent years September has become synonymous with big name musical talent from abroad. But one group of homegrown musicians believes that while there’s a place for the foreigners, this patriotic season ought to showcase the best that Belize has to offer. The show, dubbed SoundFest, debuted last year after its organizers, the Association for […]
It is a sport that produced no less a celebrity than Arnold Schwarzenegger. And while it’s not certain whether any of the contestants in tonight’s Mr. Belize bodybuilding contest will ever become a movie star or politician, it’s a sure bet that they’ll generate some heat on the stage. Patrick Jones has a preview. Patrick […]
